Mlle. Alphonsine in male drag as the Princess Castorine in "Les Cinq Cents Diables" at the Theatre de la Gaite. Actress and singer Jeanne Benoit (1829-1883) appeared under the stage names Mlle. Alphonsine and Mlle. Fleury. "The 500 Devils" was a fairy spectacle by Dumanoir and Dennery. Handcoloured lithograph by Alexandre Lacauchie from "Galerie Dramatique: Costumes des Theatres de Paris" 1854.

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